Shredded Beats was created back in 2006 by So-Gnar. The concept was
developed by Pat Milbery as a means to link the art of snowboarding with
the art of music, through a unique branded event. The goal for Shredded
Beats is to bring together Professional Snowboarder’s, Musician’s and
Artists, to share in each other’s art forms.

In essence, it’s a unique opportunity for artists in different
industry’s to swap art forms through an event setting. Past artist’s
involved have included Pigeon John, Swollen Members, and Opio from
Soul’s Of Mischief/Hieroglyphics.

In February of 2012, So-Gnar’s Pat Milbery and Captain Safety
spearheaded and arranged for a unique trip to Japan, called Shredded
Beats: Japan. Shredded Beats Japan was an ART/MUSIC/SNOWBOARDING
excursion to one of our favorite places on the planet. We brought fellow
Colorado music producer Michal Menert of Pretty Lights Music and Adam Harris, Coalatree’s staff filmer, to film and document our travels.

We touched down in Tokyo, and were off! We stayed with several of
So-Gnar’s closest friend’s in various areas of Japan. The crew sampled
the local cuisine, taught a 2 day snowboard camp (with over 30 little
Japanese rippers!), Michal tore it up at Club New Lex in Roppongi, we
hit the world’s largest fish market, spent numerous days in the
Mountains getting fresh powder, and even had some time for some street
art.

This trip was primarily based around the Japan stop for the Mighty
Midwest Snowboard Camp Tour, So-Gnar’s annual 12 stop event. This was
the second year we have conducted snowboard camps for kids in it the
Yuzawa community of Japan. Through our relationship with Allian
Snowboards, we have been able to help progress snowboarding in Japan
through this annual 2-day camp.

During the trip, the very talented Michal Menert created a soundtrack
based on the various inspirational of surroundings & landmarks of
Japan, including the local culture influencing his music development. We
toured a wide variety of unique areas including neighborhoods like
Harajuku and Shibuya, to famous landmarks like Asakusa Temple, the Tokyo
Tower, to chaotic environments such as Tsukiji, the World’s largest
fish market.

To document our travels and experiences, Coalatree Organics linked the footage up with Vital Films out of Aspen Colorado, to handle the post- production and to add their Midas touch. The recap consists of these 3 installments.